Coal to surpass gas in Southeast Asia power boom — Bill McKibben to rename his group 550.org

Bloomberg reports:

Coal will replace natural gas as the dominant fuel for producing electricity in Southeast Asia as the region almost doubles its energy consumption in the next two decades, according to the International Energy Agency.

The 10 members of ASEAN, with energy demand growing at more than twice the global average, will get 49 percent of their power from coal by 2035, up from 31 percent in 2011, the IEA said today in its Southeast Asia Energy Outlook. The share from gas will drop to 28 percent from 44 percent.

“Coal is emerging as the fuel of choice because of its relative abundance and affordability in the region,” Maria Van der Hoeven, executive director for the IEA, said today in Bangkok. “As long as fuel-price differentials continue to favor coal over gas by a significant margin, Southeast Asia’s incremental power generation is set to be dominated by coal.”

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4 thoughts on “Coal to surpass gas in Southeast Asia power boom — Bill McKibben to rename his group 550.org”

  1. There have been protests in Oregon trying to shut down coal exporting port development.

  2. Hey as Obozzo tries to kill coal here I hope for our miners sakes that they can export it to asia.

  3. I would think that bill should renaim his organization the 420.org, as I think they are all high.

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